Hey all, I am not active in the series. Rather, I am tagging along one week behind to see where I would hold in the standings. I don't doubt my driving capabilities, in real life anyway. I worked at an indoor go-kart track where one of the fringe-benefits was free seat time. I also have tracked my Rabbit with NASA on Sears Point. Driving with two sticks under your thumbs and a controller in your hand is another story though. Hence my hesitation to join the league for real. I like the fact that the Camaros are allowed enough HP money that the supercharger is a viable option, it's a great boost in TQ numbers, but I have a bias towards the '69 Vette in GT4.
Those of you driving "
my car" may I ask you to message me the pieces you chose to buy and what settings (if any) you have? I see the 3 of you with independant rear suspension and a stock weight bias of 49/51 are pretty well clustered together in the standings. Did you settle for the stock 4 speed? Did you upgrade the '60s technology suspension or brakes? The Corvette is one of a few old cars that can have a wing, are you utilizing straight-line speed robbing downforce to corner quicker? The game gives you better tires than the "pizza cutter" bias ply tires, but did you opt for the stickier S3 tires? I imagine that GT4's S3 tires are similar to the new Falken Azenis RT615 or possibly the Toyo Proxes RA-1 that Speed World Challenge drives on. Those are both very capable and sticky tires while maintaining DOT approval.
The game replicates stock handling fine, but let me tell you that the stock front coil springs and single rear transverse steel 7-leaf spring don't cut it. I prefer my car (from a performance standpoint) with Gymkhana spec. 550 lb./in. front springs and a 360 lb./in. fiberglass rear leaf. I also have the car sitting on (4) 295/50-15 wheels and tires. In the future those will jump to ZR-1 spec. 275/40-17 front and 315/35-17 rear (wrapped on the ZR-1 'A-mold' GM wheels) since my fronts rub the swaybar and inner fender when I turn to the extreme right and left. More rear rubber is because I'm not going to leave my powerplant stock, nor naturally aspirated
I know it sure doesn't look like a 1969: it's not stock. I'm building a stroker 383 "old standby" for now. Some previous owner modified the rear upper deck to have the rear bubble window from the 1978-1982 years, and while that's more aerodynamic, it's going back to stock someday. The front fenders are from the 1970-1972 "egg-crate" years and are another 'back to stock' item. The VIN code and its history say it's a bonafide 1969 built in St. Louis though.
It may be black now, but the door code 976, and the badly painted spots tell of a LeMans Blue past. LeMans Blue and Daytona Yellow are my two favorites on that car. I'll paint it LeMans Blue alright, but I'm leaning towards the 2004 version of the color.
And the rope wasn't mine... I'm the one that had a .45 Colt.
!" I would much rather we build cars and then price them, like the rest of the world does. We aim for a price range and then build the car to meet it... 
